It's not a very well known story. My dad's uncle served in one
of the units that came to be known as the "Polar Bear Expedition".
"The American military intervention at Archangel, Russia, at the end of World War I, nicknamed the "Polar Bear Expedition," is a strange episode in American history. Ostensibly sent to Russia to prevent a German advance and to help reopen the Eastern Front, American soldiers found themselves fighting Bolshevik revolutionaries for months after the Armistice ended fighting in France."
http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/mhchome/polarb.htmhttp://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=178&category=lifehttp://europeanhistory.about.com/library/prm/blpeacedaybattle1.htmhttp://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/patotten.htmhttp://pages.prodigy.net/mvgrobbel/photos/polarbeararticles.htm
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